The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Law and Practice
Published on 27. October 2023
Book
Hardback
X, 201 pages
978-3-031-39414-0 (ISBN)
Description
The book focuses on the modus operandi of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) monitoring body, and its main tasks, namely monitoring functions and interpreting the CRPD provisions.
Unlike other doctrinal contributions, it analyses all aspects of the CRPD Committee, including those of an institutional nature (membership, sessions, methods of voting, relationships with other organs, and others).
The target audience of the book is composed of academics and students of international human rights law. Furthermore, it serves as a guide for civil servants, NGOs, DPOs, practitioners and other stakeholders involved in implementing disability rights.
Unlike other doctrinal contributions, it analyses all aspects of the CRPD Committee, including those of an institutional nature (membership, sessions, methods of voting, relationships with other organs, and others).
The target audience of the book is composed of academics and students of international human rights law. Furthermore, it serves as a guide for civil servants, NGOs, DPOs, practitioners and other stakeholders involved in implementing disability rights.
More details
Edition
2023 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 201 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-031-39414-0 (9783031394140)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-39415-7
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Valentina Della Fina
is Director of research in international law at the Institute for International Legal Studies of the National Research Council of Italy (ISGI-CNR). She holds a Ph.D. in law of international organizations from the University of Teramo. Her researches focus mainly on international human rights law, contemporary practice in international humanitarian law, and corporate social responsibility. She has a consolidated scientific background in the field of the rights of persons with disabilities. She is author of several articles and coeditor of the books
La Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti delle persone con disabilità
.
Commentario
(Aracne, Rome, 2010);
Promoting Equal Rights for People with Autism in the Field of Employment and Education
.
International, European and National Perspectives
(Springer, 2015) and
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A Commentary
(Springer, 2017).
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Negotiations of the CRPD Monitoring System.- Chapter 3. Membership, Internal Rules and Structure of the CRPD Committee.- Chapter 4. Sessions and Meetings of the CRPD Committee: Participatory Process and Accessibility.- Chapter 5. The Reporting Procedure.- Chapter 6. The Individual Communications Procedure under the Optional Protocol.- Chapter 7. The Inquiry Procedure under the Optional Protocol and the Special Procedures.- Chapter 8. The Role of the CRPD Committee in Interpreting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.- Chapter 9. The Promotion of the Rights of Persons through the CRPD Committee's Work: Final Remarks.